Cara Buckley of The New York Times wrote that, due to similarities of some plot points, The Ottoman Lieutenant had "uncanny parallels" to The Promise. Ending / spoiler for Bad Lieutenant (1992), plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. There are two ways of looking at “The Ottoman Lieutenant.” One is as a lush romantic epic in the tradition of David Lean. Most dramatic films exist to sell tickets, not to preserve historical fidelity. The Ottoman Lieutenant involves the same sort of egalitarian wartime hospital setting, though its focus is on the most banal aspect of that background: the romance. How Trump and #MeToo Have Scared Us into the New Decade Candice McMillan A look at the state of horror and the world through the lens of three recent genre hits. I enjoyed the movie, but wasn't sure about the ending. Supernatural super-fan Sheila O'Malley celebrates the CW series, which is ending after its 15th season. In that respect it falls short. “The Ottoman Lieutenant” may be a real mess, but for viewers in the right frame of mind, this is one ripe piece of sweet cheese. Ending / spoiler for Bad Lieutenant (1992), plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. And while they focused on the great battles on European soil, this new film explores a much warmer climate, in the arid desert lands of Turkey. In so doing, it attempts to hide a genocide behind the fog of war. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- "The Ottoman Lieutenant" is a big, sprawling, old-fashioned, romantic World War I epic, complete with a fiery love triangle for the ages. The Ottoman Lieutenant exists to give a particular interpretation of history. And while they focused on the great battles on European soil, this new film explores a much warmer climate, in the arid desert lands of Turkey. Lillie is forced by the government to be escorted by Lieutenant Ismail to drive to the mission, and he is assigned to spy on the local Armenians. Daniel Rooke first realizes he's different when he's five years old. The most objectionable thing about “The Ottoman Lieutenant” isn’t the flat acting or the cliché of a wartime romance triangle or the cheap and schmaltzy score. THE OTTOMAN LIEUTENANT is the first movie to explore the eastern front of World War I, and tells the story of a beautiful, strong-willed woman (Hera Hilmar, ANNA KARENINA, DAVINCI’S DEMONS), who, frustrated by ongoing injustice at home, leaves the United States after meeting Jude, an American doctor (Josh Hartnett, PENNY DREADFUL, BLACK HAWK DOWN, … Upon arrival, she stumbles upon the Ottoman Lieutenant Ismail Veli that helps her to visit a mosque. There, she finds her loyalty to Jude and the mission’s founder, (Ben Kingsley, GANDHI, SCHINDLER’S LIST) tested when she falls in love with a lieutenant in the Ottoman Imperial Army (Michiel Huisman, WILD, THE AGE OF ADALINE, HARLEY AND THE DAVIDSONS, GAME OF THRONES).